It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't. ~Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams
A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age. ~Robert Frost
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. ~Chili Davis
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. ~Chili Davis
Youth is a disease from which we all recover. ~Dorothy Fulheim
We know we're getting old when the only thing we want for our birthday is not to be reminded of it. ~Author Unknown
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years. ~Author unknown, commonly attributed to Mark Twain but no evidence has yet been found for this (Thanks, Garson O'Toole!)
You're not 40, you're eighteen with 22 years experience. ~Author Unknown
They say that age is all in your mind. The trick is keeping it from creeping down into your body. ~Author Unknown
Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. ~Tom Wilson
Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. ~Tom Wilson
There's something like a line of gold thread running through a man's words when he talks to his daughter, and gradually over the years it gets to be long enough for you to pick up in your hands and weave into a cloth that feels like love itself. ~John Gregory Brown, Decorations in a Ruined Cemetery, 1994
Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. ~George Bernard Shaw
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